Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA)

• It was established by the European Union (EU) in 2007 to strengthen dialogue and cooperation with developing countries, in particular, least developed countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
• In 2014, a new phase of the GCCA, the GCCA+ fl agship initiative, began in line with the European Commission’s new Multiannual Financial Framework (2014-2020).
• The GCCA+ aim is to boost the effi ciency of its response to the needs of vulnerable countries and groups. Using ambitious and innovative approaches, it will achieve its goals by building on its two mutually reinforcing pillars:
  • Under the fi rst pillar, the GCCA+ serves as a platform for dialogue and exchange of experience between the EU and developing countries, focusing on climate policy and bringing renewed attention to the issue of international climate fi nance. The results feed into negotiations for a new climate deal under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
  • Under the second pillar, the GCCA+ acts as a source of technical and fi nancial support for the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries, whose populations need climate fi nance the most. Extra efforts will be made to strengthen the strategically important issues of ecosystems-based adaptation, migration, and gender equality.
• The GCCA+ focuses its technical support on three priority areas:
  • Climate change mainstreaming and poverty reduction.
  • Increasing resilience to climate-related stresses and shocks.
  • Sector-based climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies.